Hadid’s Bergisel Ski Jump – Austria
Cobra, high-heeled shoe, golf club… Quite a few nicknames have emerged for the new Bergisel Ski Jump since its opening in September 2002. Time will tell if one of these nicknames will stick, but already the ski jump by the…
Office space in New York and London – USA/GB
Office Claydon Heeley Jones Mason – Ushida Findlay specialize in surrealistic interiors. Their latest work, for Claydon Heeley Jones Mason, is an office which differs markedly from the typical office space. The advertising agency wanted their London headquarters to leave…
Artist’s Studios Paris – France
Paris has long had a deep relationship with the lives and work of its artists. The city has been both home and inspiration to some of the greatest artists of the 19th and 20th centuries and to thousands more seeking…
Les Espaces d’Abraxas in Marne-la-Vallée – Frankreich
Sonntag, 24 November 2002, ein sonniger Tag und ideales Wetter für einen Ausflug nach Noisy-le-Grand im Osten von Paris. Dort baute 1982 der spanischen Architekten Ricardo Bofill die „Espaces d’Abraxas“. Einen in drei Gebäude mit klangvollen Namen aufgeteilten Wohnkomplex mit…
Docomomo Saving Modern Monuments – France
Some 500 architectural experts came to Paris in September 2002 to discuss the plight of a threatened species: architecture of the 20th-century Modern Movement. The 7th International DOCOMOMO Conference met in the UNESCO Headquarters designed by Marcel Breuer, one of…
World Congress of Architecture Berlin – Germany
The World Congress of Architecture, in conjunction with the General Assembly of the International Union of Architects (UIA), took place in Berlin this summer. Organized by the UIA and its German section, the Association of German Architects (BDA), the conference…
Archilab Conference 2002 – France
A small French city tackled a very large topic when the fourth annual architectural conference « Archilab » met in Orléans to ponder « Earth Economics. » As in past years, the curators Marie-Ange Brayer and Béatrice Simonot offered innovative architectural research programs, exploring…
Ausstellung Chandigarh – Frankreich
Le Corbusier, der Pandit und die strahlende Stadt Fünf Jahre vor der Planung der Stadt Brasilia von Oscar Niemeyer, verwirklicht Le Corbusier 1951 in Indien sein am weitesten verwirklichtes städtebauliches Projekt. Die Stadt Boulogne-Billancourt widmet, als eine der bevorzugten Städte…
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